Emergency Contingency Procedures ECP Introduction	Doc No.: ECP 01-00 Revision: 01 Date: 15 Oct 2024 Issued by: DPA Approved by: MD

INTRODUCTION

(a) The prime objective of this plan is to provide guidance to Master, shipboard personnel and company staff with respect to the steps to be taken when an emergency has occurred or is likely to occur.

(b) The purpose of these Procedures is to integrate contingency plans for shipboard emergency situations and to avoid the development of different, non-harmonized and unstructured plans which would hamper their acceptance by shipboard personnel and their proper use in an emergency situation.

(c) The aim of these Procedures is to ensure the most timely and adequate response, to meet the size and varied nature of emergencies to remove any threat of serious escalation of the situation. Additionally, these Procedures provides a structure to prevent critical steps from being overlooked.

(d) These Procedures is to be seen as a tool to implement the requirements of chapter 8 of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code and / or similar regulations. The Emergency Contingency Procedures provides basic guidelines for vessels in an emergency situation and should not be viewed as hard and fast rules.

(e) The ECP and instructions mentioned therein should be seen as dynamic and should be reviewed when exercised and improved through the sharing of experience, ideas and feedback. If and when necessary, in order to enhance safety precautions, Masters, Chief Engineers, and office personnel will make proposal to changes to these guidelines. The emergency preparedness and response procedures shall be reviewed and revised if required after the occurrence of Emergency situation or accident.